Voting irregularities

THE ARTICLE "Media accused of ignoring election irregularities" (Living/Arts, Nov. 17) can be commended for balanced reporting, but its placement in the back of the newspaper suggests that the headline rings true. If vote fraud took place, it would be extremely difficult to ascertain because there is no paper trail, computers and software in service are hackable, and memory chips look identical.

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Despite expert advice emphasizing the necessity of paper records, many states rushed to implement e-machines. I have read that up to a third of our ballots are now being cast this way. Election irregularities only show the tip of an iceberg. Considering the original exit poll results and the surprising number of Democrats who appear to have voted Republican, why are not more reporters interested in the issue of fraud?

Certainly, the inadequacies in our voting process should be of interest, shouldn't they? Who would deposit money at a bank where no receipt is given? Yet we are told we are represented by and must financially support a government that was elected without a physical, countable, controllable ballot. Don't believe for a moment people trust that.

CONNY HUTHSTEINER Jamaica Plain